thyme - Silver Posie

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The daintiest thyme of all - with tiny silver and white leaves on wiry stalks and pale-pink flowers - too good for the herb garden alone

Val Bourne
- Garden Writer

Position: full sun

Soil: well-drained neutral to alkaline soil

Rate of growth: average to fast

Flowering period: May and June

Hardiness: fully hardy

Bright purple to white flowers in late spring and early summer and wonderful, white-margined, aromatic, grey-green leaves. This bushy, creeping thyme is an excellent ground cover plant. Perfect for a sunny rock garden or for edging paths and borders, the aromatic leaves are useful for making bouquet garni, stuffings and sauces.

Garden care: After flowering cut back hard using garden shears to retain a neat compact shape. Lift and divide large clumps in early spring

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